AUTOMATIC DEVICE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROL DEVICE AND APPLICATION OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS SUCH AS COMPUTER

• US 20130154904A1
• Filed: 12/19/2012
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: SASAKI, Koji
• Application Number:
  US13/719,394
• Publication Number:
  US 20130154904A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/1.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units

Abstract

An automatic device control apparatus is provided for displaying display data on a display terminal apparatus. A device detecting section detects a corresponding device by detecting one of an event that an external storage device that stores the display data is connected to the information processing apparatus and an event that application software to display the display data is activated, and a device information acquiring section acquires information of a detected device. A communication device setting section extracts a communication device communicable with the display terminal apparatus, and generates information of the communication device, and a schedule managing section judges whether or not the detected device and the communication device are activated, and forms an execution processing schedule. A display terminal retrieving section retrieves the display terminal apparatus to be transmitted, and a display terminal connecting section performs connecting with the retrieved display terminal apparatus, and transmits the display data.

Claims

1. An automatic device control apparatus configured to display display data on a display terminal apparatus connected to an information processing apparatus, the automatic device control apparatus comprising:

a device detecting section configured to detect a corresponding device by detecting one of such an event that an external storage device that stores the display data is connected to the information processing apparatus and such an event that application software to display the display data is activated;

a device information acquiring section configured to acquire information of a detected device based on a detection result of the device detected by the device detecting section;

a communication device setting section configured to extract a communication device communicable with the display terminal apparatus, and generate and setting information of the communication device;

a schedule managing section configured to execute an activation judgment process for judging whether or not the detected device and the communication device are activated based on the information of the detected device and the information of the communication device, and form a predetermined execution processing schedule from the information of the activated detected device and the communication device when it is judged that the detected device and the communication device are activated;

a display terminal retrieving section configured to automatically retrieve the display terminal apparatus to which the display data is transmitted according to the execution processing schedule; and

a display terminal connecting section configured to perform connecting with the retrieved display terminal apparatus, and transmit the display data to the display terminal apparatus.

2. The automatic device control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a communication device storage section configured to store one of information of the communication device inputted from the communication device setting section and information of a communication device preparatorily stored.

3. The automatic device control apparatus as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the schedule managing section comprises a first device table for identifying the activated external storage device and a second device table for identifying the activated communication device, and

wherein the activation judging process comprises:

judging whether or not the information of the detected device coincides with device information in the first device table with reference to the first device table;

judging whether or not the information of the communication device coincides with device information in the second device table with reference to the second device table; and

selecting the information of the detected device and the information of the communication device, which are judged to be coincidental, and acquiring the information of the activated detected device and the communication device.

4. An information processing apparatus comprising an automatic device control apparatus configured to display display data on a display terminal apparatus connected to an information processing apparatus,

wherein the automatic device control apparatus comprising:

a device detecting section configured to detect a corresponding device by detecting one of such an event that an external storage device that stores the display data is connected to the information processing apparatus and such an event that application software to display the display data is activated;

a device information acquiring section configured to acquire information of a detected device based on a detection result of the device detected by the device detecting section;

a communication device setting section configured to extract a communication device communicable with the display terminal apparatus, and generate and setting information of the communication device;

a schedule managing section configured to execute an activation judgment process for judging whether or not the detected device and the communication device are activated based on the information of the detected device and the information of the communication device, and form a predetermined execution processing schedule from the information of the activated detected device and the communication device when it is judged that the detected device and the communication device are activated;

a display terminal retrieving section configured to automatically retrieve the display terminal apparatus to which the display data is transmitted according to the execution processing schedule; and

a display terminal connecting section configured to perform connecting with the retrieved display terminal apparatus, and transmit the display data to the display terminal apparatus.

5. An automatic device control method executed by an automatic device control apparatus configured to display display data on a display terminal apparatus connected to an information processing apparatus, the automatic device control method comprising:

detecting a corresponding device by detecting one of such an event that an external storage device that stores the display data is connected to the information processing apparatus and such an event that application software to display the display data is activated;

acquiring information of the detected device based on a detection result of the detected device;

extracting a communication device communicable with the display terminal apparatus, and generating and setting information of the communication device;

executing an activation judgment process for judging whether or not the detected device and the communication device are activated based on the information of the detected device and the information of the communication device, and form a predetermined execution processing schedule from the information of the activated detected device and the communication device when it is judged that the detected device and the communication device are activated;

automatically retrieving the display terminal apparatus to which the display data is transmitted according to the execution processing schedule; and

performing connecting with the retrieved display terminal apparatus, and transmitting the display data to the display terminal apparatus.

6. The automatic device control method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising:

storing one of information of an inputted communication device and information of a communication device preparatorily stored by the communication device storage section.

7. The automatic device control method as claimed in claim 5,

wherein, the step of forming the execution processing schedule includes a step of executing the activation judgment process with reference to a first device table for judging an activated external storage device, and a second device table for judging an activated communication device,

wherein the activation judging process comprises:

judging whether or not the information of the detected device coincides with device information in the first device table with reference to the first device table;

judging whether or not the information of the communication device coincides with device information in the second device table with reference to the second device table; and

selecting the information of the detected device and the information of the communication device, which are judged to be coincidental, and acquiring the information of the activated detected device and the communication device.